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GT500 Eleanor Mustang Back to its former glory in Ireland

GT500 Eleanor Mustang Back to its former glory in Ireland

Is something coolest of America? Whether it McDonals, Baseball or Elvis Presley? Instead it is but a legendary American Muscle car. In the 1960s and 1970s is undoubtedly the best automotive era in America.

GT500 Eleanor Mustang Back to its former glory in Ireland


Detroit as a center of industry and production cars are also many began to be established skyscraper buildings, warehouses and factories. Almost every day thousands of cars sports car made by hand out of the car factory. In the era of the highway are dominated by cars muscle car with a big engine and a greater power. There was one car in the era that looks more than the others, the car was none other than American Muscle is more than just a Ford Mustang.

GT500 Eleanor Mustang Back to its former glory in Ireland

GT500 Eleanor Mustang Back to its former glory in Ireland

GT500 Eleanor Mustang Back to its former glory in Ireland

GT500 Eleanor Mustang Back to its former glory in Ireland


Starting from the compact car project in 1964 based on the Ford Falcon, and end up being the biggest hero in the era of muscle cars. Mustang name itself is taken from the name of a fighter aircraft of World War 2 that the P-51 Mustang produced by Ford Motor Company which is the most successful model of the 2nd in the muscle car era.

This Mustang is the innovator of cars ?? Pony Car class ??, sports car with coupe body, body length, width bonnet and short boot. The car's popularity continues to rise dramatically after a racer, mechanic and entrepreneur named Carol Shelby once intervened in the company Ford Company. Made a new project that is a more sporty Mustang The named Shelby GT series then this car was born.

GT500 Eleanor Mustang Back to its former glory in Ireland

GT500 Eleanor Mustang Back to its former glory in Ireland

GT500 Eleanor Mustang Back to its former glory in Ireland

GT500 Eleanor Mustang Back to its former glory in Ireland


With the making of a new generation, Mustang turned into a bigger and heavier so lost his trademark, a year later the General Manger Ford Mustang admit that ?? Market will never leave them, but they are the ones who leave ??.

Not shocking first-generation Mustang was produced between 1964 and 1973, which is still proud of until now, including the owner of this cool Mustang.

When the Mustang belongs to Johnny bought the situation is not as good as it looks today, the story of this car is not as clear as it seems this, 5 years ago Johnny decided to memunuhi dream to build a Mustang car that wants to have a lot of people.

After searching for information ultimately the choice fell on a car mustang fastback model of the year 1967/1968. Prices for car Mustang fastback model is also not cheap. Johnny finally decided to buy a Mustang cars damaged and rusty, and then do the repair or restoration in NC a local custom garage named Piedmont Mustang.

GT500 Eleanor Mustang Back to its former glory in Ireland

GT500 Eleanor Mustang Back to its former glory in Ireland

GT500 Eleanor Mustang Back to its former glory in Ireland


A few days later restoration project begins with restoration shell and suspension, with expenses paid ahead of time, but unfortunately the workshop went bankrupt and stopped restoration project.
And finally meet his friend Johnny to help continue the project and save some parts that have been bought, more than 6,000 dollars telsh issuance to purchase parts needed.

Johnny kept trying and not give up, 5 years later his car garages made her home, after selecting a special Mustang is the most convenient for him, Johnny wanted a mustang car that is not a regular Mustang, but should be ?? The Elenor ??.

In 1973 an independent film entrepreneur, an actor and also a stuntman Carl Heliki producing a film titled ?? Gone in 60 second ?? where the main character of the film is a car thief who is hired to steal 50 cars in one night.

Star of the film is 50 cars with code name ?? Eleanor ?? a Shelby Mustang car. Eleanor is a 1971 Mustang that has been in the dress-up with sportroof 1973. Film and again driven modification itself has not been so successful when compared with the anniversary of the films made in 2000. Where he repeated artificial movie starring Eleanor Mustang Shelby GT5000 car that based design of a famous designer steve Hot Rot Stanford, who then developed and custom again by the famous designer soerang that Chip Foose.

GT500 is equipped with a custom bodykit, go-go baby gear knob and other parts miraculous upgraded. Then the car became popular, get a lot of awards, including one that is ?? the top 100 most influential car ??. Custom Eleanor then this kit is licensed for sale by the miraculous garage with the name Shelby GT500E (Letter E it shows Eleanor trade mark).

because the original plan in the restoration of the car fails, then Johnny started from sketch back he tried to create a new vision of what the car will be built. For him there are many sources to get the parts they need, there are also parts that reproduced.

GT500 Eleanor Mustang Back to its former glory in Ireland

GT500 Eleanor Mustang Back to its former glory in Ireland


Johny desired car is a car that is truly balanced between speed, comfort, realibility and zoom. Johnny also has been driving the original mustang before starting the project and still feel unsatisfied when sighting nose around the corner and the car and the car is still a terrace nose look less. After doing research for 1000 hours he started to restore the style Resto-Mod with a sacrifice that not half-hearted.

Of this project Johnny conclude there are some things she quickly learned that ?? Budget and deadline ?? These two words should not be merged as word Mustang. The project was completed over 5 years but the results have been proud Johny, supported by his girlfriend and his friends.

Mustang Owned Johnny had bought in a state of disrepair and rusty now back as the days of glory and become the pride and get the nickname The king of Irish Road. Johnny admits build Muscle Car car in Ireland is a nightmare, because there are no workshops that have experienced, less knowledge and aid donors are hard part.

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